Playing disc with tacky surface

ABSTRACT

A packaged game comprises a plurality of flexible plastic discs having various sizes and colors. The game is played by having one player throw a disc to attempt to at least partially cover his opponent&#39;&#39;s disc in which event such player wins both discs. The game is terminated when one player wins all of the discs. Each disc has a tacky surface to better adhere to an opponent&#39;&#39;s disc, and flat top and bottom surfaces with a curved edge to provide an aerodynamic design for improved accuracy in flight.

United States Patent Inventor John W. Duckett Tihuron, Calif.

Appl. No. 810,505

Filed Mar. 26, 1969 Patented Apr. 6, 197 1 Assignee American MoldedProducts, Ltd.

Sausalito, Calif.

PLAYING DISC WITH TACKY SURFACE 2 Claims, 6 Drawing Figs.

U.S. Cl 273/106, 273/95 Int. Cl A63b 65/00 Field of Search 273/95,95.5,105.6, 106, 106.2, 126

References Cited UNTTED STATES PATENTS 1,970,249 8/1934 Prisciantelli273/95 3,201,128 8/1965 Pavlovik 273/95X 3,359,678 12/1967 Headrick...273/l06(2)UX 3,403,907 10/1968 Keller 273/95 Primary Examiner-Richard C.Pinkham Assistant Examiner-Theatrice Brown Attorney-Fryer, Tjensvold,Felix, Phillips and Lempio ABSTRACT: A packaged game comprises aplurality of flexible plastic discs having various sizes and colors. Thegame is played by having one player throw a disc to attempt to at leastpartially cover his opponents disc in which event such player wins bothdiscs. The game is terminated when one player wins all of the discs.Each disc has a tacky surface to better adhere to an opponents disc, andflat top and bottom surfaces with a curved edge to provide anaerodynamic design for improved accuracy in flight.

PATENTEDAPR 6197i 3,573,869

- INVEN JOHN W. DUCKE raw/97w,- aaa ATTORNEYS PLAYING DISC WITII TACKYSURFACE The popularity of house games has encouraged the gaming arts todevelop noncomplex but interesting games adapted to be played by all agegroups. Furthermore, competitive-type games have been found to arousegreater player interest than games which are noncompetitive. Forexample, darts, table tennis and other such competitive games, demandingskill and dexterity, have proven popular for many years.

An object of thisinvention is to provide a playing device adapted foruse in a noncomplex game which is easy to learn, but yet requires asubstantial degree of skill and dexterity. The device comprises aflexible disc having its diameter and thickness selected frompredetermined ranges. A plurality of such discs, preferably havingvarious sizes and colors, are adapted to be packaged to provide two ormore sets thereof in the game.

The method of this invention comprises: dividing the sets up between twoor more players; permitting one player to throw one of his discs onto aflat surface, such as a floor; and permitting a second player to throwone of his discs in an attempt to at least partially cover hisopponent's disc. If the second player succeeds in covering his opponentsdisc, he would be entitled to both discs. The game is terminated whenone of the players is declared the winner by collecting all of thediscs.

Other objects of this invention will becomeapparent from the followingdescription and accompanying drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a view disclosing a plurality of discs of this invention beingplayed;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of a disc;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the disc;

FIG. 4 is an end view of the disc;

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of a target adapted for use as an optionalaccessory and game to be played with the discs.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the target.

FIG. I illustrates the practice of a game in which a player, partiallyshown at 10, stands behind a line II to throw a disc 12 thereover. Thedisc, more clearly shown in FIGS. 2-4, comprises a circularconfiguration having a diameter preferably selected from the range offrom 1 to 6 inches. The disc may comprise a substantially uniformthickness throughout (FIG. 4), preferably selected from the range offrom one-sixteenth to one-fourth of an inch. For example, a thicknessclosely approximating one-eighth of an inch has been successfully used.

The disc comprises a flat bottom surface 13 and a top surface having acentrally disposed flat surface portion 14 parallel to the bottomsurface. The bottom surface and the flat surface portion are joinedtogether by curved or rounded edge portions 15 formed on the peripheryof the disc. Such curved edge portions are tangent with respect to thetop, flat surface portion and intersect the bottom surface to form acircular edge around the disc lying in the plane of the bottom surface.

The disc may have indicia means l6 imprinted, painted or otherwiseformed on the bottom thereof (FIG. 3) for purposes hereinafterexplained. In addition, the discs may be colored differently to form aplurality of sets for two or more players. The discs constitute asubstantially homogeneous, rubberlike and flexible material such asrubber or a vinyl chloride resin suitably combined with a standardplasticizer.

FIG. 5 illustrates a packaged game 17 comprising a plurality of discs12. The package may comprise a cellophane or plastic see-through bag 18,closed at the open end thereof by a folded-over cardboard or paper cover19. The cover may be secured to the bag by staples or other suitablefastening means. If so desired, a target 20 may be packaged with thediscs to facilitate the playing of a game other than the preferred onehereinafter described. The target is shown in its folded-out, plan viewin F IG. 6.

The preferred method of playing the above-described game comprises theinitial step of dividing the discs into two sets of equal number,assuming One set could be colored red, for example, whereas the otherset could comprise a contrasting color such as blue. A first player thenthrows one of hrs discs, such as disc 12a (FIG. 1),

onto a level surface such as the floor.

Line 11 may be formed as a chalk mark, for example, to indicate when afoulhas been committed by having a player step thereover. The secondplayer, partially shown at 10, then throws his disc 12 in an attempt toat least partially cover disc 12a in which event he would win andcollect both discs. For example, a disc 12b is shown as partiallyoverlying a disc 120. The game is terminated when one of the players isdeclared a winner by collecting all of the discs.

It should be noted that the flexible disc is aerodynamically designed(FIGS. 2-4) to permit a player to achieve a high degree of accuracytherewith. In addition, flat, bottom surface 13 aids in preventing thedisc from unduly skidding once it makes contact with the floor or anopponents disc. Furthermore, the above-mentioned preferred plasticmaterial employed therefor exhibits a degree of surface tackiness to aidin its semiadherence to another disc.

Indicia means 16 (FIG. 16) may be formed on the discs to vary theabove-described game. For example, the smallest disc could be imprintedwith the numeral 20 whereas the largest disc could be imprinted with theillustrated numeral 10. The total number of points accumulated for alldiscs collected could then determine the winner. When the targetillustrated in FIG. 6 is employed, points scored could be determined bythe position of a disc thereon, e.g., a disc touching at least the 30ring would result in 30 points being awarded to the player.

lclaim:

l. A playing device comprising a circular disc constituting a solid,substantially homogeneous flexible material exhibiting surface tackinesson both its top and bottom sides to aid in semiadherence of one disc toanother, said disc having a diameter selected from the range of from 1to 6 inches and a substantial uniform thickness selected from the rangeof from one-sixteenth to one-fourth of an inch, said disc further havinga flat, bottom surface and a top surface having a centrally disposedflat surface portion parallel to said bottom surface and curved edgeportions formed on the periphery of said disc to be tangent with respectto said flat surface portion and to intersect said bottom surface toform a circular edge lying in the plane of said bottom surface.

2. The invention of claim 1 wherein said disc further comprises indiciameans formed on a flat surface thereof.

that only two players are involved.

1. A playing device comprising a circular disc constituting a solid,substantially homogeneous flexible material exhibiting surface tackinesson both its top and bottom sides to aid in semiadherence of one disc toanother, said disc having a diameter selected from the range of from 1to 6 inches and a substantial uniform thickness selected from the rangeof from one-sixteenth to one-fourth of an inch, said disc further havinga flat, bottom surface and a top surface having a centrally disposedflat surface portion parallel to said bottom surface and curved edgeportions formed on the periphery of said disc to be tangent with respectto said flat surface portion and to intersect said bottom surface toform a circular edge lying in the plane of said bottom surface.
 2. Theinvention of claim 1 wherein said disc further comprises indicia meansformed on a flat surface thereof.